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How to Return to Your Memoir After Loss and How to Navigate Your Author Platform as a Trauma Survivor

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This week, you’ll hear from Camp Structure alumni Shoshana Koch, a writer and speaker who’s working on a coming-of-age memoir. During this episode, we explore the challenges trauma survivors face when building an author platform, how to deal with rejection, and how to re-engage with a writing project after an extended break.
Shoshana’s Bio: Shoshana is a psychologist, writer, and speaker who focuses on the intersection of trauma and addiction. She is editing a debut memoir set in an ‘80s childhood with her strung-out family (think “Lord of the Flies” meets “Trainspotting”) which examines how to mend the splinters of trauma’s shattering, claim our wholeness through the breaking, and live with the cost of the truth over the cost of lies.
Resources Mentioned During This Episode

Episode Highlights
7:58 Writing from the Scar, Not the Wound
9:19 The 100 Rejections Club
14:06 The Impact of Grief Anniversaries on Our Writing Lives
16:21 Writing in the Aftermath of Grief
22:53 Feeling Like You’re Behind

Connect with Shoshana:

Shoshana’s Website: https://www.shoshanakoch.com
Shoshana's Substack: https://shoshanakoch.substack.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shoshanadianekoch/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shoshanadianekoch/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoshanakoch
Sign up for Camp Structure: 14 Weeks to Find and Refine Your Memoir’s Narrative Arc: https://lisacooperellison.com/camp-structure-find-your-memoirs-narrative-arc/

Connect with your host, Lisa:
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Sign up for Camp Structure: https://lisacooperellison.com/camp-structure-find-your-memoirs-narrative-arc/
Sign up for Mastering Trauma Scenes to Improve Your Memoir: https://janefriedman.com/mastering-trauma-scenes-to-improve-your-memoir-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/

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Chapters

1. Shoshana Koch (00:00:00)

2. Marker (00:04:52)

3. Marker (00:06:25)

4. Write From the Scar, Not the Wound (00:07:58)

5. The 100 Rejections Club (00:09:19)

6. The Impact of Grief Anniversaries on Our Writing Lives (00:14:06)

7. Writing in the Aftermath of Grief (00:16:21)

8. Feeling Like You’re Behind (00:22:53)

41 episodes

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This week, you’ll hear from Camp Structure alumni Shoshana Koch, a writer and speaker who’s working on a coming-of-age memoir. During this episode, we explore the challenges trauma survivors face when building an author platform, how to deal with rejection, and how to re-engage with a writing project after an extended break.
Shoshana’s Bio: Shoshana is a psychologist, writer, and speaker who focuses on the intersection of trauma and addiction. She is editing a debut memoir set in an ‘80s childhood with her strung-out family (think “Lord of the Flies” meets “Trainspotting”) which examines how to mend the splinters of trauma’s shattering, claim our wholeness through the breaking, and live with the cost of the truth over the cost of lies.
Resources Mentioned During This Episode

Episode Highlights
7:58 Writing from the Scar, Not the Wound
9:19 The 100 Rejections Club
14:06 The Impact of Grief Anniversaries on Our Writing Lives
16:21 Writing in the Aftermath of Grief
22:53 Feeling Like You’re Behind

Connect with Shoshana:

Shoshana’s Website: https://www.shoshanakoch.com
Shoshana's Substack: https://shoshanakoch.substack.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shoshanadianekoch/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shoshanadianekoch/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoshanakoch
Sign up for Camp Structure: 14 Weeks to Find and Refine Your Memoir’s Narrative Arc: https://lisacooperellison.com/camp-structure-find-your-memoirs-narrative-arc/

Connect with your host, Lisa:
Get Your Free Copy of Write More, Fret Less
Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedIn
Sign up for Camp Structure: https://lisacooperellison.com/camp-structure-find-your-memoirs-narrative-arc/
Sign up for Mastering Trauma Scenes to Improve Your Memoir: https://janefriedman.com/mastering-trauma-scenes-to-improve-your-memoir-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/

Produced by Espresso Podcast Production

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Shoshana Koch (00:00:00)

2. Marker (00:04:52)

3. Marker (00:06:25)

4. Write From the Scar, Not the Wound (00:07:58)

5. The 100 Rejections Club (00:09:19)

6. The Impact of Grief Anniversaries on Our Writing Lives (00:14:06)

7. Writing in the Aftermath of Grief (00:16:21)

8. Feeling Like You’re Behind (00:22:53)

41 episodes

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